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Papers of Professor John Orr
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-77
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the papers, lectures and correspondence of Professor John Orr, mainly relating to Romance linguistics. The correspondence includes 20 letters from the poet Jules Supervielle, dating from 1947-1955. The collection also includes 7 diplomas: Hon. Doct. University of Caen (1945); Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (1946); Encomienda de Alfonso x el Sabio (1953); Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur (1955); LL.D, St Andrews University (1955); Hon. Doct. Paris University (1956);...
Dates:
1912-1965
Papers of Professor John Spencer
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1966
Scope and Contents
Material created and collected by John Spencer, Professor of Social Administration at Edinburgh University, throughout his career. Includes teaching material, correspondence, research material, committee and conference papers.John Spencer was appointed Professor of Social Administration in 1967 and became head of the school of Social Study in 1968. He had previously held posts at London School of Economics, Manchester University and the University of Toronto. In the 1950s he was...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-1978
Papers of Professor Max Born
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-309
Content Description
3 items:
- Original manuscript in German of The restless universe, c 1930. [Dk.7.50]
- DVD (content not yet identified). [E.2006.32]
- Chinar wooden box presented to Born by students and admirers on 14 March 1936. [E.2007.09]
Dates:
Majority of material found within c 1930-1936
Papers of Professor Michael Anderson
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1000
Identifier: Coll-1351
Scope and Contents
Copies of printed documents (memoranda, committee papers, emails), many with autograph annotations, relevant to the review of support services, academic management restructuring and devolution to colleges and schools, along with several large tables charting the relevant chairs, duties, and particulars of appointment of professors across the older Faculty structure of the University - all covering the period 2001-2002.
Dates:
2001-2002
Papers of Professor Norman Kemp Smith
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1038
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Professor Norman Kemp Smith include letters, notebooks, and papers. Included among his correspondents are Woodrow Wilson and Max Born. There are notebooks of philosophical lectures, offprints of articles, notes, drafts, pocket diaries, testimonials, personalia, and photographs.
Dates:
circa 1908-1957
Papers of Professor Norman Walker Porteous (1898-2003), Chair of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Principal of New College, Edinburgh
Collection
Identifier: MS POR 1 and MS POR B
Scope and Contents
See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates:
1836-2003
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of Professor Otto Schlapp
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-231
Scope and Contents
Gen.2187 - The papers of Professor Otto Schlapp include: class certificates, session 1880-81, for Rhetoric and English Literature, and Sanskrit and Comparative Philology; a medal, session 1880-81, for Sanskrit; LL.D diploma dated 1930; letters, tributes and a decorated formal address on retirement, 11 July 1929; a copy of Schlapp's thesis; a copy of his letter of application to the Chair along with testimonials and other documents; an address on the place of modern languages in examinations...
Dates:
1880-[193-]
Papers of Professor Peter Hadland Davis
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-645
Scope and Contents
The unsorted material is composed of: a catalogue and book on Wemyss ware (pottery); a plaque to Davis from Turkey in gratitude for hisFlora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands; childhood travel notes; certificate of merit from the Republic of Turkey in its 50th Anniversary year, and in recognition forFlora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands; estate accounts; wartime correspondence; material relating to his appointment to Chair; old passports; and, correspondence with Dwight Ripley and...
Dates:
20th century
Papers of Professor R. L. G. Ritchie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-93
Scope and Contents
The papers of Professor Ritchie consist mainly of material relating to a projected work on the French element in Scots. The collection is composed of general and introductory material, notes on purely Scots words, material on phonology, a glossary, a bibliography, and unworked notes on French loanwords and personal names. There is also material on Arthurian studies.
Bibliography of texts read. Schema for...
Dates:
circa 1916
Papers of Professor Richard Penry Ambler
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1577
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material related to molecular biologist Richard Penry Ambler. It reflects a career devoted to research into protein sequencing at the Department of Molecular Biolgy at the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
1950-2002